Checking-machine



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CHECKING MACHINE APPLICATION man rsa. 9. 1921 1,394,379. Patented ont 18, 1921.

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Illllllmmnumlu WTNESSES my? w A TTOHMEYS UNITED STATES FRANK R. WAINWRIGHT, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

CHECKING-MACHINE.

Spcccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

Application led February 9,- 1921. Serial No. 443,619.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK R. WAIN- WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Jersey City, in the county of l-ludson and State ofNew Jersey, have invented a new 'and Improved Checking-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a checking machine and aims to provide certain new and useful improvements in connection with a device of this character.

It is a well appreciated fact that in connection with checking machines, such as are commonly used in restaurants and in other places where it is desired to provide a machine capable of making an imprint of any desired character upon a slip of paper, or similar material, that it has been necessary to resort to considerable expense in accomplishing this object in view of the somewhat complicated `nature of machines of this. type now placed upon the market.

Further, no method of tallying the printed slips has been provided, so that no checking up and balancingof the slips with a record other than cash received can be resorted to.

With this in view I have constructed a checking machine which will present an extremely simple and economical construction, aside from'the yfact that it will operate in a more efficient manner than other checking machines heretofore placed upon the market.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a device of this character which shall permit of the making of a permanent record, so that the slips may be tallied with this record, as well as with the cash on hand.

Further objects of my invention will appear in the annexed specification and drawings which latter present one practical embodiment of my invention, and in which.-

Figure 1 is a partly fragmentary plan view of a checking machine embodying my improved construction.

Fig. 2 is a face view of a part of the machine.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3-3 in the direction of the arrows in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4t is a partly fragmentary side elevation of one of the details of construction.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along the lines 5 5 in the direction of the arrows of Fig. 3, and

plate forming Fig. 6 illustrates a group of elements emf `indicates a casing of any desired dimensions and shape, which is mounted upon a base 11, and supports a bracket 12 carrying a roll 13 of paper or other suitable material lending itself to use as a permanent record.

With a view of drawing the strips 14 furnished by the roll 13 into the casing 10, any suitable means may be employed such as for instance a pair of frictionalrollers 15, which may be suitably driven in a manner hereinafter more fullyi, described, it being noted that the strip 14 passes between these rollers, and is subsequently wound upon a receiving reel 16, suitably actuated by means of a crank 17. i

To now provide means for positively moving the rollers 15, and consequently the strip 111, it will be noted, .reference being had to Fig. 3, that I may conveniently utilize a ratchet 18 vforming a part of one of the rollers 15, which ratchet is engaged Vby a pawl 19 in turn projected by a handle 2O eX- tending beyond the casino` 10. Thus upon the handle 20 being pushec inwardly, it will be, seen that the handle 20 will cause the pawl 19 to engage the ratchet 18 thus serving to rotate the roller 15, with which ythis pawl is associated, and feeding the strip 111 inwardly. y v A receiving element in the nature of a supporting member 21 carrying a spring pressed backing strip 22 is preferably positioned adjacent the upper end of the casing 10 and beyond the farther face of the same, thus a slip or card 23 (indicated in dotted lines) may be'placed in position, as has been shownin Fig. 3 and receive an imprint of a character desired, by one of the type 24, shown in Fig. 6.

This is accomplished by providing type carrying elements 25 preferably including a longer and shorter arm,each of which has its outer ends bent at right angles as at 26, the latter portion of the longer arm car# rying the type 24.

'Similar to the handle 2O of the pawl 19, handles 27 may be conveniently secured to the body portion of the U shaped members 25, thus, as has been indicated in dotted lines in Fig.' 3, it will be seen that a projection on the part of one" of the handles 27 will'result in the movement of one of against the face of the member 23 resulting in the imprint desired.

In this connection it is to be noted, reference being had to Fig. 2, that a suitable part 23 of the casing 10 may carry a plurality of identifying characters 29 properly alined, the handle 27 permitting of the instantaneous reaction of the type carried by each individual U shapedmember, thus permitting an operator to cause the desired imprint to be received by the element 23.

It will be seenV that suitable Vmeans must necessarily be provided to eifect'a return of the handles 27 and 20 subsequent to their projection, and with a view of furnishing means serving to accomplish this purpose, I preferably utilize a returning member, such ashas been illustrated in Figs. 1, 3 and 5. In these views it will be noted that I utilize a member including a bodyr portion 30, which liesj within the arms of the U shaped member 25, and bears against the body portion thereof. Y

The'ends ofthe body portion 30 are bent at right angles, as has been indicated at 31, and have their extremities rotatably secured to the casing 10. A spring 32 of any desirable character coperates with the returning member, and serves at all times to cause the body portion of the sam-e to bearV in intimate contact with the specified portions of the U shaped member; v

Thus it will be obvious that a return on the part of any of these members to their normal position will be effected upon a release of the handle associated with the same, and vit will also be noted that one of the bent ends 31 of this member conveniently passes through an opening 33 forming a part of the pawl 19, and thus this member will also be returned to its normal position upon the release of its handle 2O being effected.

It will be obvious that the type 24, as well as the type 34 secured to the opposite arms of the U shaped members 25 will have to be coated with a suitable inking or transferable agent permitting of the making of an imprint of the desired character upon the element 23, and strip 14, and with this in view I conveniently utilizea pair Y of hingedly mountedk inking strips 35 in line with'the sets of type 24 and 34 respectively. It will also be notedrthat the inking strips are arranged in a position at which they will bear against thev faces of the type when the same are vin retracted position, and thus it will be seen that the same will be adequately coated with ink or any other sub- Y stance utilized to convey the impression.

- It will be noted, reference being had to Fig. 5 that one of the U shaped members 25 .is arranged with the free face of its base portion normally in contact with the body portion 30. rIhis element preferably .carries no type and may be utilized, if 1t 1s desired, to swing the strips 35 into position at which the outer ends of the U shaped members 25 will clear the same.

However, it will be appreciated that this operation will not necessarily have to be resorted to asthe off-set portion of the U shaped members will serve to readily swing the inking strips to their proper position upon any` of the handles 27 being projected.

From the foregoing it will be appreciated that I have provided a checking machine which is extremely simple in construction and in which any desirable type 24, identiied by means of the indicating marks 29, may be projected to cause an imprint to appear upon the strip or card 23, the same time insuring a duplicate imprint appearing upon the strip 14 for the purpose of providing a permanent record. Also upon the completion of this operation, the type projected will be retracted by means of the element provided for this purpose, subsequent to which a movement of the strip 14 may be effected by an operation of the pawl 19.

After the strip 14 has been. introduced to a certain extent into the casing 10, it will be seen that an operation of the receiving roll 16 will readily permit of the disposition of this slack amount of the strip. Also it will be apparent that both of the'series of type 24 and 34 will at all times present a freshly inked surface by virtue of the strips 35 provided for this purpose, it being noted that these inking strips may be entirely moved out of engagement with the type by resorting' to a projection of that U shaped member arranged within the body of the retracting element, if this is desired.

Finally with a view of providing means which will serve to render the interior of the. casing inaccessible, although not interfering with the operation of the parts, attention is invited to Figs. 4, and 5. In these views it will be noted that an enveloping member 36 is provided with slots 37 servingl to accommodate the projecting ends of shafts extending beyond the casing. Also any convenient type of lock 38 may be associated with the casing 36 to prevent any unauthorized removal of the same, thus premovable inking strips adapted to normally bear against the type carried by said members, and means for projecting said members to permit the same to render an imprint, the type carried by said members moving said strips out of their path of travel upon being projected.

2. A checking machine, including a plurality of members, each of said members presenting a U shaped body portion, type positioned adjacent the outer ends of each of said arms, a card receiving platform adjacent the path of travel of one of the arms of said member, and a resilient backing strip arranged upon said platform.

3. A checking machine, including a plui rality of U shaped members, type carried by 4L. A checking machine, including a plurality of U shaped members, type carried by the outer ends of each of said U shaped members, a strip extending Within said machine and adapted to receive an imprint of certain of saidtype, frictional rollers engaging said strip, means permitting of the projection of each of said members, and means for normally retracting said members.

5. A checking machine, including a plurality of U shaped members, type carried by the outer ends or' each of said U shaped members, a strip extending Within said machine and adapted to receive an imprint of certain of said type, rictional rollers engaging said strip, means permitting of the projection of each of said members, means for normally retracting said members, and means for engaging said rollers for rotating the same and feeding said strip.

FRANK R. WAINVRIGHT. 

